Richard Wagner: A Life in Music

by Martin Geck

Best known for the challenging four-opera cycle The Ring of the Nibelung , Richard Wagner (1813-83) was a conductor, librettist, theater director, and essayist, in addition to being the composer of some of the most enduring operatic works in history, such as The Flying Dutchman , Tannh user , and Tristan and Isolde . Though his influence on the development of European music is indisputable, Wagner was also quite outspoken on the politics and culture...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226924610
• ISBN13: 9780226924618
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"